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The Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Spring Faculty Meeting, including the announcement and presentation of VUSM faculty awards, will be held 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 25, in Room 208 Light Hall. Read More

Sarratt Student Center (Vanderbilt University) Reservations and Events will begin taking requests for standing reservations for meeting space for both the 2011 Fall Semester and the 2012 Spring Semester beginning, Wednesday, April 20, at 8 a.m. You may make your requests: in person: 100 Sarratt Student Center… Read More

Three weeks before her son’s scheduled kidney transplant, Melody McDonald received a heart wrenching text message: the surgery is off. Read More

Early Civil Rights period focus of discussion Eric Etheridge, Charles Euchner and Alex Heard – three Vanderbilt University alumni who have written important books about the early years of the Civil Rights Movement – will return to their alma mater for a discussion and book… Read More

NOTE: For information about other transit initiatives affecting the VU / midtown area (vanpools expansion, regional express bus service direct to VU, contact jack.jakobik@vanderbilt.edu Broadway/West End Corridor Study meetings scheduled for April 14-15 Public invited to provide input on transportation alternatives Two public meetings and two information stations… Read More

Robert Barksy A new book about linguist and social activist Zellig Harris will be celebrated with a reading and reception April 22 featuring author and Vanderbilt University professor Robert F. Barsky. Barsky, professor of French and comparative literature, has written extensively about linguist Noam Chomsky. Chomsky recommended… Read More

Stop by and have your weight, blood pressure and body mass index checked. Orthopaedic Clinic MCE South Tower, Room 4402E Wednesday, April 13 9 -11 a.m. Loews Vanderbilt Room 905 Thursday, April 14 11 a.m. -1 p.m. New! You can now view your… Read More

Cultural diversity in the workforce may create both opportunities and potential complications. Differences in language and in the meaning of words and phrases may sometimes complicate communication. These, in turn, may create potential stressors for both the International employee and for their supervisors and colleagues. This presentation explores the… Read More

Vanderbilt has dramatically increased its number of endowed faculty chairs and created a new $100 million endowment for graduate education well ahead of schedule, Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos announced during his Spring Faculty Assembly address. Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos presented five faculty members with awards when Vanderbilt‘s Spring Faculty Assembly convened April 7. Read More

John Stein, President, Bank of America, Tennessee (left) and Jeff Balser, M.D., Ph.D., vice chancellor for Health Affairs and dean of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (right), sign the beam with patient Dalton Waggoner. (Vanderbilt University) The Monroe Carell Jr. Hospital at Vanderbilt officially launched its… Read More

UPDATE: Read about the 2013 IRS section 415g aggregation form here. Do you contribute to another retirement plan? If you do, you may need to report those contributions to Vanderbilt to meet IRS requirements. The Internal Revenue Service requires Vanderbilt to collect certain information on employee contributions made… Read More

Photo by John Russell/Vanderbilt University All Vanderbilt employees are invited to attend the annual Vanderbilt Football Black and Gold Spring Game on Sunday, April 17. A fireworks show is scheduled for immediately after the scrimmage and will cap a day filled with fun, family-friendly activities. Admission to the event is… Read More

Frank L. Parker (Vanderbilt University/Engineering) Frank L. Parker, Distinguished Professor of Environmental and Water Resources Engineering, Emeritus, will speak about the Fukoshima nuclear plant crisis in Japan.  The presentation will take place at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 12, at the Adventure Science Center at 800 Fort Negley Blvd., in… Read More

Philip Dikeman will join the Blair faculty in the Fall as associate professor of flute. Dikeman attended the Oberlin College Conservatory and Yale University, and he has been a member of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra since 1992, serving most recently as acting principal flute.  He has… Read More

Health Plus offers Know Your Numbers at Blair April 8 Read More

Wellcast on understanding color vision deficiency available Read More

Eleven faculty members who have been named to endowed chairs were praised for their outstanding academic achievements during a celebration at the Student Life Center. Read More

In the near future, University Web Communications, in partnership with ITS, will make available new options including themes and tools that Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff can use to host and maintain their individual Web pages. Read More

Barbara Tsakirgis, chair of the Department of Classical Studies, was surprised in the middle of a class with the presentation of the Vanderbilt University Alumni Association Alumni Education Award. Read More